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What you'll do: Build and maintain the integrated development plan for assigned programs: milestones, critical path, dependencies, and release objectives. Translate product priorities from Product Owners and Engineering Leads into an executable schedule the whole organization can work from. Run the risk and issue process. Surface risks early, drive mitigation, escalate the ones that need a leadership decision. Drive release readiness across engineering, manufacturing, software release management, technical documentation, training, and field support. Own development budget tracking against plan and flag cost, schedule, or resource impacts before they become surprises. Facilitate program reviews and readiness gates. Close action items. Deliver monthly program health reporting to executive leadership: progress, schedule, budget, risks, and decisions pending. Find and remove the things blocking engineering from shipping.
Requirements:
  • What you'll need 7+ years running complex engineering development programs, including integrated hardware and software.
  • Working fluency with integrated master schedules, critical path analysis, and formal risk management.
  • Experience driving a physical product through release, not just a software release train.
  • The ability to hold a room of senior engineers to a commitment through credibility rather than reporting lines.
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent experience.
  • Strong plus
  • Robotics, autonomous systems, aerospace, defense, or complex electromechanical products.
  • Programs under DoD or government customer cadence: gate reviews, milestone reporting.
  • Hands-on with MS Project.
  • Hybrid execution models where hardware runs stage-gate and software runs sprints.
Location: Philadelphia, PA area, preferred. Travel 20% Domestic and/or International Travel depending on the assigned program(s). Available to travel on short noticeand willing to travel from a few days to more than a week at a time. Compensation Competitive base, full benefits and highly motivating equity incentive package. Flexible time-off policy. Focus on outputand ability to work with a stellar team of interdisciplinary functions. Background Check Ability to clear standard employment background checks. May be required to obtain security clearances in the future.
Physical Requirements? Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.? Must be able to lift 50 pounds.? Ability to travel and navigate by automobile, train, airplane, etc

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JOB OVERVIEW

Experience level

Lead

Location

Coatesville, PA

Occupation

Architectural and Engineering Managers

Industry

Custom Computer Programming Services

Posted

2 days ago

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